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10 Best Movies Like The Plainsman

If you loved The Plainsman, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The White Buffalo

The White Buffalo

1977★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations ...

#2
Barbarosa

Barbarosa

1982★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical ...

#3
Day of the Outlaw

Day of the Outlaw

1959★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a...

#4
Three Violent People

Three Violent People

1956★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas....

#5
Young Guns II

Young Guns II

1990★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to ...

#6
The Legend of Zorro

The Legend of Zorro

2005★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take ...

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